AJW Junior Championship

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AJW Junior Championship
Details
PromotionAll Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling
Date establishedJanuary 4, 1980
Date retiredApril 2005
Statistics
First champion(s)Rimi Yokota
Final champion(s)Rena Takase
Most reignsChaparita Asari
Chigusa Nagayo
and Yumi Ogura
(2 times)

The AJW Junior Championship was a tertiary singles title in All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling. The title started in 1980 and was retired in April 2005 when the promotion closed.

The prize was originally contested among wrestlers under the age of 20, but in 1993, they changed it to wrestlers with less than two years of experience in professional wrestling. The first belt design was a brown belt that also represented the AJW Championship. Later, the Junior Championship became a golden belt with a turquoise strap.

Title history[edit]

Key
No. Overall reign number
Reign Reign number for the specific champion
Days Number of days held
No. Champion Championship change Reign statistics Notes Ref.
Date Event Location Reign Days
1 Rimi Yokota January 4, 1980 N/A Tokyo, Japan 1 [Note 1] Yokota defeated Chino Sato to become the inaugural champion. [1][2]
— Vacated August 1980 — — — — The championship was vacated for undocumented reasons. [1][2]
2 Tomoko Kitamura January 4, 1981 N/A Tokyo, Japan 1 [Note 2] Kitamura defeated Noriko Kawakami to win the vacant championship. [1]
— Vacated January 1982 — — — — The championship was vacated for undocumented reasons. [1]
3 Chigusa Nagayo May 15, 1982 N/A Ōmiya, Satima, Japan 1 87 Nagayo defeated Itsuki Yamazaki to win the vacant championship. [1][2]
4 Noriyo Tateno August 10, 1982 N/A Fukushima, Japan 1 516 [1]
5 Chigusa Nagayo January 8, 1984 Live event Tokyo, Japan 2 <1 [1]
— Vacated January 8, 1984 — — — — The championship was vacated for undocumented reasons. [1]
6 Yumi Ogura March 17, 1984 N/A Kiryū, Gunma, Japan 1 180 Ogura defeated Keiko Nakano to win the vacant championship. [1]
7 Keiko Nakano September 13, 1984 N/A Toda, Saitama, Japan 1 [Note 3] [1]
— Vacated 1985 — — — — The championship was vacated for undocumented reasons. [1]
8 Yumi Ogura April 7, 1985 N/A Tokyo, Japan 2 249 Ogura defeated Mika Komatsu in a tournament final to win the vacant championship. [1]
— Vacated December 12, 1985 — — — — Yumi Ogura vacated the championship in order to train for the AJW Championship. [1]
9 Condor Saito January 4, 1986 N/A Tokyo, Japan 1 75 Saito defeated Kazue Nagahori to win the vacant championship. [1]
10 Hisako Uno March 20, 1986 N/A Osaka, Japan 1 70 [1]
11 Yasuko Ishiguro May 29, 1986 N/A Ōmiya, Satima, Japan 1 220 [1]
— Vacated January 4, 1987 — — — — The championship was vacated for undocumented reasons. [1]
12 Kyoko Asoh February 26, 1987 N/A Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan 1 227 Asoh defeated Megumi Kudo to win the vacant championship. [1]
— Vacated October 11, 1987 — — — — The championship was vacated upon Kyoko Asoh's retirement. [1]
13 Mika Suzuki December 26, 1987 N/A Tokyo, Japan 1 141 Suzuki defeated Kaoru Maeda in a tournament final to win the vacant championship. [1][3]
— Vacated May 15, 1988 — — — — The championship was vacated for undocumented reasons. [1][3]
14 Toshiyo Yamada July 19, 1988 N/A Tokyo, Japan 1 [Note 4] Yamada defeated Miori Kamiya in a tournament final to win the vacant championship. [1][3]
— Vacated September 1988 — — — — The championship was vacated after Toshiyo Yamada suffered an injury. [1][3]
15 Reibun Amada December 11, 1988 N/A Tokyo, Japan 1 [Note 3] Amada defeated Manami Toyota to win the vacant championship. [1]
— Vacated 1989 — — — — The championship was vacated for undocumented reasons. [1]
16 Mima Shimoda October 8, 1989 N/A Tokyo, Japan 1 [Note 3] Shimoda defeated Asayo Obata to win the vacant championship. [1]
— Vacated N/A — — — — The championship was vacated for undocumented reasons. [1]
17 Yuki Lee March 20, 1992 N/A Tokyo, Japan 1 2 Lee defeated Akemi Torisu in a tournament final to win the vacant championship. [1]
— Vacated March 22, 1992 — — — — The championship was vacated after Yuki Lee suffered an injury. [1]
18 Akemi Torisu April 29, 1992 N/A Toda, Saitama, Japan 1 103 Torisu defeated won a tournament to win the vacant championship. [1]
19 Rie Tamada August 10, 1992 N/A Okazaki, Aichi, Japan 1 36 [1]
20 Kumiko Maekawa September 15, 1992 N/A Japan 1 269 [1]
21 Numatchi June 11, 1993 N/A Japan 1 110 [1]
22 Mizuki Endo September 29, 1993 AJW/LLPW Nagoya Super Whirlwing ~ Zenjo VS. LLPW Total Opposition War - Day 20 Nagoya, Aichi, Japan 1 60 [1][4]
23 Chaparita Asari November 28, 1993 N/A Osaka, Japan 1 8 [1]
24 Candy Okutsu December 6, 1993 N/A Tokyo, Japan 1 475 [1]
25 Chaparita Asari March 26, 1995 Wrestling Queendom Victory Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan 2 [Note 5] [1][5]
— Vacated May 1995 — — — — The championship was vacated for undocumented reasons. [1]
26 Yoshiko Tamura June 27, 1995 Zenjo Movement - Day 40 Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan 1 432 Tamura defeated Misae Watanabe in a tournament final to win the vacant championship. [1][6]
27 Tomoko Miyaguchi September 1, 1996 The Rising Generation Queens Carnival Tokyo, Japan 1 [Note 6] [1][7][8]
— Vacated February 1997 — — — — The championship was vacated after Tomoko Miyaguchi suffered an injury. [1]
28 Momoe Nakanishi March 23, 1997 N/A Sendai, Miyagi, Japan 1 [Note 7] Nakanishi defeated Nanae Takahashi to win the vacant championship. [1][9]
— Vacated December 1997 — — — — The championship was vacated for undocumented reasons. [1]
29 Mika Nishio September 15, 2002 JWP Shinjuku Valkyrie's Kiss vol.2 Tokyo, Japan 1 98 Nishio defeated Kaori Yoneyama and Rena Takase in a three-way round-robin tournament final to win the vacant championship. [1][10]
30 Rena Takase December 22, 2002 Real All-Womanism Dream Explosion ~ Kawasaki Part 2 ~ Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan 1 [Note 8] [1][11][12]
— Deactivated April 2005 — — — — The championship retired when AJW closed.

Combined reigns[edit]

One-time, last and longest reigning AJW Junior Champion Rena Takase
¤ The exact length of a title reign is uncertain; the combined length may not be correct.
N/A The exact length of a title reign is too uncertain to calculate.
Rank Wrestler No. of
reigns 		Combined
days
1 Rena Takase 1 831 – 860¤
2 Noriyo Tateno 1 516
3 Candy Okutsu 1 475
4 Yoshiko Tamura 1 432
5 Yumi Ogura 2 429
6 Tomoko Kitamura 1 362 – 392¤
7 Kumiko Maekawa 1 269
8 Momoe Nakanishi 1 253 – 283¤
9 Kyoko Asoh 1 227
10 Yasuko Ishiguro 1 220
11 Rimi Yokota 1 210 – 240¤
12 Tomoko Miyaguchi 1 153 – 180¤
13 Mika Suzuki 1 141
14 Numatchi 1 110
15 Akemi Torisu 1 103
16 Mika Nishio 1 98
17 Chigusa Nagayo 2 87
18 Condor Saito 1 75
19 Hisako Uno 1 70
20 Mizuki Endo 1 60
21 Chaparita Asari 2 44 – 74¤
Toshiyo Yamada 1 44 – 73¤
23 Rie Tamada 1 36
24 Yuki Lee 1 2
- Keiko Nakano 1 N/A
Mima Shimoda 1 N/A
Reibun Amada 1 N/A

Footnotes[edit]

  1. ^ The exact date that the championship was vacated is unknown, meaning the reign lasted between 210 and 240 days.
  2. ^ The exact date that the championship was vacated is unknown, meaning the reign lasted between 362 and 392 days.
  3. ^ a b c The length of the championship reign is too uncertain to calculate.
  4. ^ The exact date that the championship was vacated is unknown, meaning the reign lasted between 44 and 73 days.
  5. ^ The exact date that the championship was vacated is unknown, meaning the reign lasted between 36 and 66 days.
  6. ^ The exact date that the championship was vacated is unknown, meaning the reign lasted between 153 and 180 days.
  7. ^ The exact date that the championship was vacated is unknown, meaning the reign lasted between 253 and 283 days.
  8. ^ The exact date that the championship was deactivated is unknown, meaning the reign lasted between 831 and 860 days.

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as "All Japan Junior Title". wrestling-titles.com. Retrieved June 8, 2019.
  2. ^ a b c Molinaro, John (2002). Marek, Jeff; Meltzer, Dave (eds.). Top 100 Pro Wrestlers of All Time. Toronto, Ontario: Winding Stair Press. pp. 134, 166–167. ISBN 1-55366-305-5.
  3. ^ a b c d "AJW Junior Championship". Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved October 18, 2020.
  4. ^ "AJW/LLPW Nagoya Super Whirlwing ~ Zenjo VS. LLPW Total Opposition War - Tag 20". Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved October 18, 2020.
  5. ^ "AJW Wrestling Queendom 1995 Victory". Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved October 18, 2020.
  6. ^ "AJW Zenjo Movement 1995 - Tag 40". Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved October 18, 2020.
  7. ^ "The Rising Generation Queens Carnival". Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved October 18, 2020.
  8. ^ 輝優優. Gaea Japan (in Japanese). Archived from the original on September 28, 2010. Retrieved November 14, 2012.
  9. ^ Oe, Momoe (July 7, 2005). ママ（大江百重） (in Japanese). Livedoor. Retrieved March 15, 2013.
  10. ^ "JWP Shinjuku Valkyrie's Kiss vol.2". Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved October 18, 2020.
  11. ^ "AJW Real All-Womanism Dream Explosion ~ Kawasaki Part 2 ~". Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved October 18, 2020.
  12. ^ "Profile". Leon Spirits (in Japanese). Archived from the original on December 3, 2013. Retrieved March 8, 2012.
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